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Beach Hazards Statement 11, NWS Wakefield, VA

August 17, 2025Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this beach hazards statement at Aug 17, 2025, 3:41 PM EDT for Accomack County, Northampton County, City of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Currituck County, North Carolina; Worcester County, Maryland. It took effect at Aug 18, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2025, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 18, 2025, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired
Aug 18, 2025, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA

Counties Worcester County, MD, Currituck County, NC, Accomack County, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Northampton County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this beach hazards statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wakefield, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this beach hazards statement went out at Aug 17, 3:31 PM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 3:31 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 3:38 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryAKQ38 hr
Aug 17, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementAKQHenrico46 min

Nearby

Beach Hazards Statements in Virginia, 2025Beach Hazards Statements in North Carolina, 2025Beach Hazards Statements in Maryland, 2025Every beach hazards statement in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.